Dogwood Winter (2002)
Dogwood Brewing Company

The color on the pour is that of butterscotch candy, the head cyclopean in size, with a whipped cream texture, color very light tan with humongous sticky sheets of lace that adhere to the glass. Aroma of malt, with light floral and sweet ripe orange tones also present in this quite sniffable beer. Sweet at the front, the top thick and chewy, the finish is pleasingly hopped, modestly carbonated, dry aftertaste. Dogwood and Sweetwater make some top notch beers, and its well worth the time and effort to acquire som

12 oz bottle. Pale silver and blue label.
Hmmm, where do you start with this one ? Calling it an odd duck is an understatement.
Cloudy yellow to golden color. Foamy white head, bubbles up then leaves fairly quick. If you expecting a creamy dark beer like Aventinius, guess again. Aromas are an odd interesting combination. I had some faint banana and sweet carmel malt aromas. Also heavy yeast sour belgian presence. Taste is initially very wheat beer like. Bananas, carmel toffee, etc. Think bananas foster with touch of nutmeg. Then the belgian side takes over as the beer warms. Subtle spices matched with the traditional belgian yeast flavors. Slightly sour, then another dull earthy spice flavor of cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. Althouth ABV is unknown, noticable alcohol presence finishes things. Moderatly carbonated, some fizziness, but full bodied and rich flavors to the end.
Tastes like a bastard offspring of a rich hearty full bodied sweet hefeweizen german mother and a strong spicy unique and flavorful belgium pale strong ale father. In the end, the belgian side wins out. I agree with Jacob, an interesting classification by the brewers. This would get a 5 for originality. I urge the other ba's to try this one. I would be interested to see what everyone thinks.
Cheers to Jacob for the effort in getting this one and the trade.

This is a weird one. It calls itself a weizenbock but it's a dark cloudy golden. I was expecting something like Aventinus, but it's not. A little research on styles says this is acceptable, however. The aroma has the estery bubble gum and cloves you'd expect from the weizen bock and the more prominent heavy malt, but also contains a distinct belgian yeast spiciness that really will give you trouble if you're thinking German Weizenbock. A little clearing of the mind and you realize this is a pretty good attempt at a Belgian strong ale in the vein of Orval, but I wonder if this really belongs in the weizenbock style like the brewers claim.